One Team In Keynsham

Trivia?

1. Grimsby Town don't play in Grimsby, but in Cleethorpes..

2. Robert Fleck scored more goals at Stamford Bridge for Norwich (4) than he did for Chelsea.(3).

3. There have been five teams in the League with X in their name; Wrexham, Oxford, Exeter, Halifax and Crewe.

4. The fastest goal in a League game was scored by Jim Fryatt of Oldham after just four seconds!

5. The smallest League attendance ever was thirteen. Stockport's ground was closed and they had to play at....Old Trafford!

6. The biggest away win in League football is 9-1. Barnsley and P'boro' have both done it.

7. The two closest grounds are those in Nottingham.

8. Ashton Gate is nearer Griffin Park than Home Park but the London based media insist on referring to City v Plymouth as a derby fixture..

Re 6, Sunderland won 9-1 away at Newcastle many, many years ago. The same season Newcastle won the title.

Correct.

1 appearance for Arsenal in the premier league

Had to check that one, good question.

The bastion of all that is true, Wikipedia, suggests it was Southampton not Arsenal.

Nope

Check your sources, it's always him.  Even when it isn't.

Who is the only player to have played in all 4 divisions of the English and scottish leagues?

Nicolas Anelka?

Budapest?

Wouldn't have got that as long as I have a hole in my arse!

For years with this question it has been the one that many people never get anywhere near, since it is such an oddball.

That said, I knew that one, but can't remember the rest.

Correct answers so far: London (Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea), Madrid, Milan, Glasgow and Belgrade.

Moscow isn't one of the nine, nor is Lisbon.

Four to go.

Bizarrely Dundee is one of them.

Since 1970 there have been four instances of two players sharing the same first name and surname who have been capped by England. A rugby equivalent would be Richard Hill (i.e. there have been two different Richard Hills capped by the England rugby team). What are the four names?

 

Who played in an FA Cup Final in three different decades for the same team?

 

Who played in an FA Cup Final in three different decades for three different teams?

 

(For questions 2 and 3, the furthest you have to go back is the 70s).

For 2 I guessed at Mark Hughes or Tony Adams:  both wrong.

for 3, Dennis Wise?

43 if you feel the need to be pedantic!

Was reported as 44 on ESPN.

Message from a friend at the game:  3-0, still dull.

Tough crowd.

Still 0-1 at OT, but could easily be 0-4 or 1-1. 
 

Have United v Citeh on here, for some reason that game got picked ahead of City v Port Vale.  Citeh just gone 1 up after 45 seconds.

Sat at work and totally had forgotten we were playing:  first note was a text from my sister asking if I thought we would hang on.  Only got to listen to the last 10, sounded like a backs to the wall affair, but sod it, take the wins when we can.

Just realised the match had started so turned on Player and looked at latest score.....Jebus.

Which four teams share the record for most consecutive league wins in England?

Think 2 are us and PNE, and another is either United or Reading.

How many Prem & FL teams contain letters from the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"?

Loser's ribbons, John Lukic's mum, Willie Never and, of course, Nicolas Anelka

Which is the only professional team in England whose name does not contain any letter of the word MACKEREL?

Swindon Town

Name the player.

• 4 Premier League clubs.
• +70 England caps
• Never cost a penny in transfer fees.

Sol Campbell.

The LiveScore app on my iPad has every other game finished, still showing us in the 90th minute. And BBC minute by minute is way behind too.

would like to say my confidence in the board is at rock bottom but with the next appointment still to come i'll save my breath.

Someone at the club will surely find a shovel to dig a little deeper.

It is a strange decision indeed.

 

Arrived at (IMO) by the following factors in no specific order of significance;

 

1) Results

2) Anti SOD Brigade (minority) pressure

3) SOD's lack of charisma or 'passion' (irrelevant)

4) The board's lack of testes

5) Lee Johnson

6) A 'preferred choice' availability window closing fast

 

Time for the cliches to roll - 'Galvanise' 'Passion' 'Dogfight' 'Every game is a cup final' 'stability' 'confidence back' 'give the fans something to cheer about'

 

JL said in his interview it was largely down to results, which in reality were improving.

 

So there is something deeper at work, I think a personality clash (SOD with the board) and our boo boys were the final nail.

 

This season is a write off, we will likely just survive with a new manager, but would have done under SOD anyway.

 

SO what is the benefit of sacking him?

I got a text from a friend at home letting me know of the sacking.

My first thought was to expect the normal trite sound-bites to flow:  "stand up and be counted", "letting the fans down", "fresh start", "European trophy in 10 years" etc.

The second thought was a replacement:  friend noted that AVB might soon be available, I replied anyone as long as not PDC or NFW.

Just adding my comment before moving on. I think the board have called this wrong and am disappointed with it. For me we needed to stick with Sod as I believed he had turned the team around after ridding us of deadwood. I think this is a knee jerk reaction and can not see us getting anyone better in. That said i will get behind the next manager and team as i always do. No use sulking now decision has been made.

Pretty much sums up my feelings.

Can't get an online radio stream: how's it going?

Turned on the commentary for the 1st time in ages, want to hear what sort of horrors await me in a couple of weeks.

Well said Nibor.... these "type" of so called "fans" have no real arguments in their favour...the bullying attempts on this thread reveal their mentality.

Thanks to years of it being treated with kid gloves we have

Alcohol bans

Bubble matches

Restricted match day travel

Authorities treating supporters like cattle and no respect

Atmosphere killing rules & regulations

Draconian Escorts

the list goes on...

Basically the pathetic minority ruin the enjoyment of a day out by forcing authorities restrictions upon the mass.. so long may they continue to be sought out and banned...

I have been checking this thread periodically to see if someone would pipe up with this gem of a phrase.  Amazed it took post #274.

My own thoughts on the original discussion:  as much as I think a life-ban from football for running on the pitch is draconian, I also realise that one would have to have lived under a rock for many years to not be aware it is an offence, and sooner or later someone, somewhere was going to fall foul of it.  In my view, similar deal to speeding:  every one knows that the limit in a built up area is 30, many people go faster and get away with it and don't consider it a problem, but it is an absolute, and one day you'll speed past the copper who decides to take you in for it.

"ACC Rolfe said her officers would not tolerate any football related violence and their actions are fully supported by both football clubs, who have vowed to ban anyone arrested today for life."

 

Anyone else see the problem with the last bit?

I missed this post when skim-reading the thread.

If true, I do see a slight conflict with this.